The impact of nutrition and lifestyle on immunity and disease (4417) |
| Credits: 4,0 | | Study load hours: 108 | Period: quarter 4 (4sp)  |
| Language of instruction: English | | Exam contract: not possible |
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The course aims to give an overview of existing scientific knowledge and evidence on nutritional and lifestyle interventions in disease. It further aims to convey in depth knowledge on molecular mechanisms that underlie nutritional influence on microbiome and immune system interactions and its impact on diseases.
The course discusses the impact of nutrition and lifestyle on the microbiome, immune system and disease and is divided in introductory and research lectures:
Introductory lectures: Defining healthy nutrition and lifestyle
- Nutrition for health and normal physical activity
- Introduction of nutritional impact on immunity
- The microbiome as interface between nutrition and lifestyle and immunity
Research lectures: Dietary intervention and the role of the microbiome in chronic diseases
- Obesity
- Diabetes
- Allergy
- Gut disorders
- Autoimmunity
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| Recommended reading |
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Exercise Physiology for Health, Fitness & Performance,Plowman SA, Smith DL,Wolters Kluwer |
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| Recommended course material |
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• all materials (lectures, literature (research & review articles)) will be placed on blackboard
•introduction and explanations for practical skills session will be placed on blackboard |
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- Name: Schoolyear (most recent version)
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| Remarks |
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The course is only organized for a maximum of 45 students; the allocation is made by random drawing of lots with a computer program. The results of the draw will then be announced on the first Monday of quartile 2. Students who were not allocated to the course must take a new choice before December 15. |
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Lecture ✔
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Practical ✔
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Group work ✔
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Presentation ✔
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Quarter 4 (4,00sp)
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| Oral evaluation during teaching period | 50 % |
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| Transfer of partial marks within the academic year | Yes, no resit exam |
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| Written exam | 50 % |
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| Transfer of partial marks within the academic year | Yes, no resit exam |
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| Multiple-choice questions | ✔ |
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| Evaluation conditions (participation and/or pass) | ✔ |
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| Conditions | - Presence at the Journal Clubs and task assignment sessions is obligatory - The evaluation consists of multiple parts. For all parts of the evaluation, at least a score of 8/20 must be obtained in order to pass the course. |
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| Consequences | - Students who are unjustified absent at one ore more journal clubs or task assignment sessions, receive as final grade for the course an N - unjustified absence and have to attend the missed journal club(s) in the next academic year to receive their final grade. The students needs to re-enroll in the course in the next academic year. - A student who achieves a score lower than 8/20 on one (or more) parts of the evaluation will receive 'F - fail' as final result. This final result is not tolerable. A student who scores at least 8/20 for all parts of the evaluation receives as score the weighted average of the different points. This final mark is tolerable. Eg. 8/20 + 16/20 = 12/20 (passed). |
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| Additional information | Oral evaluation during teaching period (50%) consists of Journal Club presentation and peer review of paper other groups (25%) & Task assignment presentation (25%) |
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Second examination period
| Evaluation second examination opportunity different from first examination opprt | |
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Learning outcomes | EC = learning outcomes DC = partial outcomes BC = evaluation criteria |
Master of Biomedical Sciences
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| 1. A graduate of the Master of Biomedical Sciences has a thorough knowledge of the molecular and cellular processes of the healthy and diseased organism and has insight in different methods for prevention, diagnosis and therapy of diseases. | - EC
| 10. A graduate of the Master of Biomedical Sciences knows the potential for valorization of biomedical research and can translate own research into translational research. | - EC
| 11. A graduate of the Master of Biomedical Sciences can function in a multidisciplnary team and can fulfill a bridging function between the various actors in health care. The graduate knows the importance and needs of the various stakeholders within the life sciences. | - EC
| 12. A graduate of the Master of Biomedical Sciences has an attitude for lifelong learning and for constantly adjusting one's own professional thinking and acting. | - EC
| 2. A graduate of the Master of Biomedical Sciences can independently and critically perform a literature search. | - EC
| 6. A graduate of the Master of Biomedical Sciences can report scientific findings in writing and orally to both experts and a wide audience in a structured way. | - EC
| 7. A graduate of the Master of Biomedical Sciences takes a critical attitude towards one's own research and that of others. |
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Master of Teaching in Health Sciences
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- EC
| 5.1 The Educational Master in Health Sciences as a domain expert: the Educational Master has insight into the structure and functioning of the human body in health and disease at molecular, cellular, organ, and organism levels. |
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| Included in these programmes | Tolerance3 |
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1st year Master of Biomedical Sciences - Bioelectronics and Nanotechnology
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Y
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1st year Master of Biomedical Sciences - Environmental Health Sciences
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Y
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1st year Master of Biomedical Sciences - Molecular Mechanisms in Health and Disease
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Y
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first year Master of Biomedical Sciences - Clinical Biomedical Sciences
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Y
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Master of Teaching in Health Sciences keuzetraject BMW/GEN met vakdidactiek biologie
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Y
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Master of Teaching in Health Sciences keuzetraject BMW/GEN met vakdidactiek chemie
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Y
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1 Education, Examination and Legal Position Regulations art.12.2, section 2. |
| 2 Education, Examination and Legal Position Regulations art.15.1, section 3. |
3 Education, Examination and Legal Position Regulations art.16.9, section 2.
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